The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19

bated breath. At the depot . couple Of men
were busy inclosing the remains Of the rec
ognized dead in rude pine boxes and the noise
OF hammers beat upon the ears and mingled
with the groons of the wounded who were
being cared for In the little town hall only a
few feet across the track Here the scene
was such as to melt the stoutest heart On
nearly two-score mattresses, some resting on
chairs, and others on the floor, were men,
women and children I'm various degrees Of
suffering and torture. On one cot side by
side, with their arms resting across each
other, were Robert Zimmerman and his wife,
Of Peoria. The suffering OF both were excru-
stiating, and Mr.. Zimmerman's faithful
brother, who had hurried to the scene to do
the best he could to relieve their agony was
forced every few moments to seek the open
air 10 relieve his own pent-up emotion Near
hy was little 5-year-old, fiaxen-haired Josie
Banding, OF Harker's Corners, near Peoria.
She was suffering from internal injuries, as
well as contus ions of the lower limbs, but
never q whimper came from her lips, and she
smiled sweetly as the nurse whispered her
words of encouragement. "She's the brick of
'em all, said the doctor. Upon the platform,
where the local solons are wont to hold forth,
pretty Lille valdejo of Peoria, lay in what
DIR. Ballard, who bent over her for hours,
thought were her last agonies. She was per-
fectly conscious and between her gasps for
breath told how she had travelled all over
Europe in safety, only to come face to faco
with death few miles from her own home.
Her mother lay dead across the street, but
despite her earnest pleadings for news no one
had the heart to tell her the dreadful truth.
Josie Blondn was en- route to Canada to visit
her mother, taking her two little girls with
her. She had just gone to the rear car to get
them a drink OF water when the crash came.
She has not seen her children since, and is
nearly wild with anxiety about them, not
withstanding her own terrible injuries and
the intense pain she suffers. She was taken
out Of the wreck, crushed almost shapeless
The United Press correspondent went from
Forest TO Chatsworth at 2 o'clock Friday
morning on special train of caboose and
freight cars filled with collins. H. A. Nc
Clure, of Keithburg was one of the passen-
gers His wife and child had parted with
him twenty -four hours before and were GO
ing TO New York. He reached Chatsworth
to find the couple stretched upon the floor OF
the school house Kind hands here had
placed the l year old baby boy in its mothers
arms Their faces had escaped injury and
looked placid, as though asleep. Near by
was the crushed satchel containing the baby's
wardrobe and toilet articles. The father
spied the powder-box and baby-puf before
the coverings had been removed from their
dead faces, and with a groan he sank Oh his
knees and throwing himself PROSTATE on the
bodies cried aloud
Close by, wrapped in white sheet was an
other baby, not yet identified. HALF n score
of bodies of full grown men and women lay
around on the pine floor. The school house
is turnei into morgue, and affords II tenn
porary abiding place for another score, while
down at the depot the correspondents have to
pick their way through double row of bod
les to the telegraph Office. In the
baggage-room, the floor is piled high with
satchels, handbags, hats, bonnets, feathers,
shoes, and innumerable other articles OF at